Sentences with phrase «immigrant story»

NYS Assemblymember Kevin Cahill: «Assemblyman Frank Skartados was a shining example of the classic American immigrant story.

Already attuned to his stripped prose styling, you'll be interested to see what happens when he removes the layer of exoticism and lays bare the classic immigrant story with his meticulous rendering and trademark reserve.

There's even more to The Big Sick that can't fill a paragraph, ranging from a genuine immigrant story to a unique commentary on stand - up culture in Chicago.

I love American Gods the novel for many reasons: - There are specific immigrant stories spread throughout America's history, which does not shy away from slavery and the systematic destruction of the Indigenous.

Director: John Crowley Running time: 112 minutes Rating: 12A Swooning immigrant story in which Saoirse Ronan plays a young Irish woman striking out for a new life in 1950s New York.

Universal has been planning to make a new version of ambitious criminal immigrant story Scarface for a few years, but it has been churning through writers, directors and potential actors without anything sticking.

Highlights of the partnership include Kartemquin's first film, Home for Life, labor struggle film The Last Pullman Car, James's Grassroots Chicago, and seven - hour immigrant story The New Americans.

With an index, a bibliography, and even representative recipes, The Colors Of Freedom: Immigrant Stories provides a comprehensive treatment of immigration through the voices of contemporary young immigrants themselves.

For a great immigrant story I recommend The Rug Merchant and for a hysterically baudy muse story try Breath and Bones by Susan Cokall.

The Arrival by Shaun Tan This is one of the most beautiful immigrant stories written — or perhaps more aptly stated — drawn.

The definitive Mexican - American immigrant story, at once intimate and epic, from an acclaimed storyteller.

Along the way, she met the late Ingrid Bergman's grandson, producer Nick Daly, who felt a connection with Peirone's immigrant story and pitched in to make the sample reel, which has won several awards.

It won't be enough to add a Hispanic last name and an immigrant story to the same clichés about free market uplift and peace through strength (no matter how well delivered) using the same media channels to talk to the same people.

There isn't a week that goes by where I'm not reminded of my immigrant story or I'm not reminded of the «otherisation».

«Sacrifice», featuring Jonathan Del Arco, Jurnee Smollett - Bell and Macy Gray shows how complete strangers find commonality in their immigrant stories and sacrifices.

An occasional series of Immigrant Stories, shining a light on the people trapped in Britain's immigration system.

An occasional series of Immigrant Stories, shining a light on the people in Britain's immigration system

It also became an immigrant story of these guys finding themselves in a new land and what that meant.

In a move that seems both narratively practical and winkingly pointed, Fantastic Beasts is an immigrant story from its first scene, as British - born - and - bred Scamander arrives at 1926 Ellis Island and amusingly makes it through customs without declaring to the Muggle there what he's really packing.

But, as you said, it's also an immigrant story.

For me it's much more than that, it's about an immigrant story of finding oneself in a new land and about rising nationalism in Europe and trauma and the effects and trauma and media and journalism and this media war and propaganda war between RBSS and ISIS.

The trailer for Goodbye Solo suggests more of a story but one that many can relate to: the immigrant story and wanting to achieve the «American Dream.»

«Silent Nights,» from Denmark, is an immigrant story, which certainly lends it a topical hook.

Irish director John Crowley's big - hearted adaptation of Colm Tóibín's 2009 novel, an immigrant story set in 1952, goes back to the New York neighbourhood's blue - collar past.

Although the identity story and immigrant story may not blend entirely, they are tied to the same thematic anchor.

It's the kind of film you read the summary of and think «ok, at least it doesn't sound awful,» but in reality, Brooklyn is so much more than anything you can imagine and is a truthfully poignant tale about the immigrant story, which is often told in extreme sadness and violence.

Based on the novel by Colm Toibin and adapted by Nick Hornby, it's an immigrant story, which makes it a quintessentially American story, with points of connection for anyone whose family arrived at Ellis Island.

It's an immigrant story about leaving the world you know behind hoping for a better life.

For middle school and high - school students, The Colors Of Freedom: Immigrant Stories (Franklin Watts), by Janet Bode, is a wonderful introduction to the American immigrant experience.

An Immigrant Story Students write biographies of immigrants who made significant contributions to their adopted country.

«Having heard the immigrant stories of a century ago, my students will have a chance to share their own stories.

by students learning English; Voices of U.S. (a book of immigrant stories), a guide to shore life of Casco Bay; original music composition and production; documentaries on learning with laptops; a claymation video explaining Newton's Laws; and a Web site on pollution.

So our final project is this: Having heard the immigrant stories of a century ago, my students will have a chance to share their own stories.

Their immigrant stories are just as diverse.

S&S promises that the book «turns the traditional campus novel on its head» — well, he's already put a twist on the traditional coming - of - age and immigrant stories, so why not?

YA / Mature Readers: The childhood traumas and relationships, immigrant stories, and glimpses into diverse cultures will intrigue sophisticated teens.

Simultaneously rooted in a particular immigrant experience while remaining completely accessible to others, it is an immigrant story, an American story, a coming of age story, a story about family journeys, and, ultimately, a story about hope, loss, and change.

Though quality of writing is the most important factor, she is particularly interested in fresh voices telling fresh stories we haven't heard before (including for YA audiences), and she is fond of immigrant stories and stories concerned with race, sexuality, specific cultural settings, cross-cultural themes, and notions of identity.

These three themes are: Climate Change, Local Voices & Immigrant Stories, and Future Communities.

«From Immigrant Stories to Environmental Dread, EXPO Chicago Gets Dark,» Hyperallergic, Sep 15, 2017